Airspace tolling

US11338918B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

• Katie J. Maxwell · Fishers, US
• Scott D. Harlan · Leesburg, US
• John S. Lear · Purcellville, US
• Luther John Durkop, III · Cedar Park, US
• Scott G. Barnes · Falls Church, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2019
• Grant date: May 24, 2022
• Expiry date: May 20, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2101/60
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for airspace tolling determines a presence of an aerial vehicle in a monitored airspace and determines a unique identity of the aerial vehicle. The system then determines an operator of the aerial vehicle and accesses an account associated with the operator. The system applies a charge to the account of the operator in response to the detection and identification of the aerial vehicle in the monitored airspace.